This book, a late collection of works by the late Orris C. Herfindahl, deals with a wide range of topics in resource economics. Part one deals with the nature and scope of resource economics, part two with natural resource supply and conservation, part three with the application of economics to the minderals industry, part four with the supply of the natural environment. Although the range of topics is substantial, they are unified by Herfindahl's approach to problems of resource economics and by a consistent writing and methodology... In summary, readers can expect to find a competently written book by an obviously competent resource economist. They can anticipate that what they read will be fashioned with care and that they will benefit from the insights of a careful scholar. --Journal of Soil and Water Conservation